Diabetic&#39;s emergency kit



April 3, 1956 H.. RENN DIABETICS EMERGENCY KIT Filed Jan. 29, 1954United States Patent DIABETICS EMERGENCY KIT Herbert Renn, West NewYork, N. 3., assignor of fifty per cent to William Renn, Woodbridge, N.3.

Application January 29, 1954, Serial No. 406,956

1 Claim. (Cl. 20612) This invention relates to a diabetics emergencykit.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a kit which adiabetic person may carry on his or her person at all times to be usedwhenever necessary to ward off an insulin shock or a sugar shock,whichever the case may be.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a kit of theabove type which is compact, can be carried with ease on a mans personor in a womans purse and yet which contains all the necessary units fortheir diabetic condition.

Qther objects of the present invention are to provide a diabeticsemergency kit bearing the above objects in mind which is of simpleconstruction, inexpensive to manufacture, has a minimum number of parts,is easy to use and efiicient in operation.

For other objects and a better understanding of the invention, referencemay be had to the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention with a portion of thecover broken away to show the interior construction for holding sugar;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. l;and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the lower half of the case, shown alone.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, there is shown a containermade up of a lower half and an upper half 11, the upper half or cover 11being adapted to slide downwardly on to the lower half or container 10and into abutment with the bottom flange 12. To facilitate separation ofthe parts, the cover is provided with the finger openings 13 on eachside. Preferably the cross section of the container resembles a sausage(Fig. 3) with the lower half being provided with the partitions 14 and15 defining therebetween a compartment 16 within which is housed abottle of insulin 17. End compartments 18 and 19 are provided at eachend of the bottom half 10, the compartment member 19 being provided atits top wall with an opening 20 which receives downwardly theretln'oughthe hypodermic 21. The compartment forming member 18 at its top isprovided with an opening 22 across which is mounted a cushion 23 whichreceives downwardly therethrough the hypodermic needle 24. The partition14 and the adjacent wall of the end compartment 18 form therebetween acompartment 25 within which is positioned a bottle of cotton 26 whilethe partition 15 and the adjacent wall of the end compartment 19 providetherebetween a compartment 27 within which is positioned a bottle ofantiseptic 28.

A compartment 29 is suitably secured to the inner face of the top of thecover 11 and includes a sliding door 30 having a finger 31 to facilitatemovement of the same within the track forming members 32 whereby toprovide access to the interior of compartment 29 and the sugar containedtherewithin.

Thus, the above kit provides all the necessary materials which in anemergency may very well save the patients life. With a compact kit ofthis type the diabetic may feel at ease, knowing that he or she can copewith the condition immediately. A diabetic person will recognize thesymptoms of an insulin or sugar shock, but frequently they are notprepared for it, and to get assistance quickly is important butsometimesimpossible with a tragic result. With the present kit this is avoided.

The container may be constructed of plastic or light gauge metal and thebottles will be clearly marked ,with labels.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of my invention, what isclaimed is:

A diabetics emergency kit comprising a container of elongated crosssection, a cover adapted to fit downwardly on to said container, hollowend compartments at each end of said container, one of said endcompartments at the top thereof having an opening receiving downwardlytherethrough a hypodermic, the other of said end compartments having acushion receiving downwardly therethrough a hypodermic needle, and apair of partitions spaced from each other and from said end partitions;whereby to provide three compartments adapted to contain the cotton,insulin and antiseptic, and a compartment within said cover containingsugar, the said container having a base adapted to abut the lower edgeofthe said cover, the said cover having finger openings at each side tofacilitate the separation from the said cover, and the said sugarcontaining compartment having an opening on the face adjacent the saidcontainer, a sliding member adapted to close the said opening andterminating in a finger tab, and track means receiving the 0ppositelongitudinal edges of the said sliding member connected to the saidcompartment, and the said cover being of greater height than that of thesaid container, in order to maintain the said sugar containingcompartment in spaced relationship to the contents of the saidcontainer.

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